حُبِستَ فَاِحتَبَسَت مِن أَجلِكَ الدِيَمُ

وَلَم يَزَل نابِياً عَن صَحبِكَ العَدَمُ

You were imprisoned, so time was imprisoned for your sake,

And non-existence persisted in shunning your company.

يابنَ المُسَيَّبِ قَولاً غَيرَ ما كَذِبٍ

لَولاكَ لَم يُدرَ ما المَعروفُ وَالكَرَمُ

O son of Al-Musayyab, say something true, not lies,

For if not for you, virtue and nobility would not be known.

جَلَّلتَني نِعَماً جَلَّت وَأَحرِ بِأَن

يَحِلَّ شُكرِيَ إِذ جَلَّت لِيَ النِعَمُ

You have granted me great bounties that made me eminent,

So it is fitting that my gratitude be as eminent as the bounties.

يا مَن إِذا قَعَدَت بِالقَومِ هِمَّتُهُم

عَنِ اِكتِسابِ العُلى قامَت بِهِ الهِمَمُ

O you, at whose assembly people neglect

To seek glory, prompted by aspiration through you.

رَأَيتُ عودَكَ مِن نَبعٍ أَرومَتُهُ

ما في جَوانِبِهِ لينٌ وَلا وَصَمُ

I saw your spear made of a smooth-barked wood

With no flaws or blemishes on its sides.

أَنتَ السَليلُ فَسُلَّ السَيفُ مُنتَصِراً

لِذِمَّةِ الشِعرِ إِذ ضاعَت لَهُ الذِمَمُ

You are the heir, so unsheathe the sword triumphantly

To defend the sanctity of poetry when covenants were violated.

عَلَوتَ مِن مَجدِ قَيسٍ في الوَرى عَلَماً

أَعيا الوَرى وَعَلا مَجداً بِكَ العَلَمُ

You have surpassed the glory of Qais in the land as a flag

That puzzles the land, and glory through you is exalted.